WIDOW’S CLAIM FAILS
SHOCK OF EXPLOSIONS ALLEGED EFFECT Judgment for the defendant, Michael Gordon Templeton, contractor, oi' Wellington, was entered by Mr. Justice Smith in the Supreme Court in Wellington after a jury of four had considered the ease where Mary Elizabeth Blanche Bradley, widow, claimed damages amounting to .£328. Plaintiff alleged that explosions on demolition work at the Wellington Public Hospital adjoining her property had caused her shod;, brought about a nervous condition and anxiety and had rendered her incapable of following her occupation. The defence was a denial of negligence. When the hearing of the case concluded, two issues were put to the .jury:—Wa.s the defendant negligent in using explosives. If so, did negligent use of the explosives cause the injuries of which plaintiff complained. Tlie jury answered in the affirmative to the first question, but in the negative to the second.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20072, 19 October 1939, Page 3
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144WIDOW’S CLAIM FAILS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20072, 19 October 1939, Page 3
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